The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia: Tragedy and ChallengeInstitute for Contemporary Studies, 1992 - 418 halaman The book illuminates the political process that over the course of six generations brought about the personalization of authority in Liberia; and it links that system of personal rule to the highly centralized structures of the postcolonial state. The book concludes by exploring the future of self-govenance in Liberia and all of postcolonial Africa. The author became president of the Republic of Liberia after the civil war 1989-90. |
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... slaves on southern plantations had created adverse circumstances for slaves and free blacks in the South , and a search for a solution to the question of slavery generally . Slave codes in the South became more stringent and the rights of ...
... slaves on southern plantations had created adverse circumstances for slaves and free blacks in the South , and a search for a solution to the question of slavery generally . Slave codes in the South became more stringent and the rights of ...
Halaman 23
... free blacks threatened the fabric of American society . As it became the major preoccupation of the national debate about free blacks , coloniza- tion became more an effort to rid the American society of a perceived threat than an ...
... free blacks threatened the fabric of American society . As it became the major preoccupation of the national debate about free blacks , coloniza- tion became more an effort to rid the American society of a perceived threat than an ...
Halaman 321
... Free Negroes , Unlawfully Held in Bondage and was organized largely by Quakers , curiously as a result of a freedom ... blacks born after a certain date were to become free upon reaching their twenty - first or twenty - eighth birthday ...
... Free Negroes , Unlawfully Held in Bondage and was organized largely by Quakers , curiously as a result of a freedom ... blacks born after a certain date were to become free upon reaching their twenty - first or twenty - eighth birthday ...
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Social Order and Constitutional Choice | 1 |
The Idea of Liberia | 13 |
Indigenous West African Social Orders | 43 |
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activities administration African agent agreements agriculture American arrangements associated authority became become British called Chapter chiefs civilized coast coastal colonial communities Company concessions constituted continued contract discussed dominated early economic efforts elections emerged established European example exercise export Firestone forces foreign free blacks Grebo important included increased independence indigenous individuals institutions interest interior involved issues labor land largely later leaders legislature Liberian government loan major ment merchants military Monrovia nature nineteenth century officials operated opportunities organized party perceived percent period plantations political position powers president problem production property rights question recruitment region relations relationships reported result Roberts rubber rule schools served settlements settler settler society slave social society structure term territory tion towns trade Tubman United University workers